In a rare assault against a high-ranking official, Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto was allegedly stabbed by SA, also known as Abu Rara, a man with suspected links to an extremist network.

He reportedly attacked the chief security minister as the latter was getting out of his car to attend the inauguration of a university building in Sindanghayu village, Saketi subdistrict.

Abu Rara was there with his wife, FA, who has also been named a suspect. They were among the crowd that greeted Wiranto in front of the university building.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has instructed security authorities to take stern action and hunt down the “terrorist network” behind the attack.

Jokowi visited Wiranto at the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital (RSPAD) in Central Jakarta, where the minister was being treated for two abdominal stab wounds sustained in the assault.

The President said he had ordered National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian and State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Budi Gunawan to coordinate with the Indonesian Military (TNI) to “investigate and take stern measures against the perpetrator and the network behind the incident".

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